Patent application title: ELECTRICAL PROTECTION

Abstract:

An electrical protection for mounting on a wire connector housing,
wherein the wire connector housing comprises a fixed hole and a plurality
of wire-lock apertures exposed on a top surface of the wire connector
housing, and the electrical protection comprise an insulating body and an
insulating protrusion located at bottom surface of the insulating body.
The insulating body is used to cover the wire-lock apertures at the top
surface of the wire connector housing, and the insulating protrusion is
designed and constructed to fit into the fixed hole of the wire connector
housing. The wire-lock apertures of the wire connector housing are all
covered and insulated to prevent electrical shock from the electrical
leakage through the exposed apertures.

Claims:

1. An electrical protection, used for installation in a wire connector
housing comprising a fixed hole and a plurality of wire-lock apertures
exposed on a top surface of the wire connector housing, comprising: an
insulating body, covering all the wire-lock apertures exposed on the top
surface of the wire connector housing; and an insulating protrusion,
provided at bottom part of the insulating body and used for fitting into
the fixed hole.

2. The electrical protection of claim 1, wherein the wire connector
housing comprises a plurality of fixed holes, and a plurality of
corresponding insulating protrusions are provided at the bottom part of
the insulating body for fitting into the equal number of fixed holes on
the wire connector housing.

3. The electrical protection of claim 1, wherein the insulating
protrusion is designed as a circular-shaped rod.

5. The electrical protection of claim 1, wherein the insulating
protrusion is constructed as a regular polygon-shaped leg.

6. The electrical protection of claim 5, wherein the regular
polygon-shaped leg has a corn-shaped end.

7. The electrical protection of claim 1, wherein the insulating body is
made from rubber, polyethylene, or cork material, and its shape is
constructed to match to the shape of the top surface of the wire
connector housing.

8. The electrical protection of claim 1, wherein a top surface of the
insulating body comprises a warning label.

9. The electrical protection of claim 8, wherein the warning label on the
top surface of the insulating body is embossed with raised letters.

10. The electrical protection of claim 8, wherein the warning label on
the top surface of the insulating body is impressed with carved-in
letters.

Description:

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C.
§119(a) on Patent Application No(s). 098219632 filed in Taiwan,
R.O.C. on 23 Oct. 2009, the entire contents of which are hereby
incorporated by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to a protecting device, and more
particularly, to an electrical protection designed to protect electrical
devices such as, a wire connector housing.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] Wire connector housings are widely used in various situations,
either in temporary wiring or additional wiring situation. The wire
connector housings are well-known in the art as being desirable or/and
necessary for connecting multiple wire-connectors, such as the power
wire, the signal wire, the network wire or the optical fiber, in the
electronic devices, for example, the electrical control box, the signal
receiver and the telecommunication equipments. Due to different
applications, the structural design of the wire connector housings is
various according to its wiring usage and the quantity of wires. However,
the common characteristics of the wire connector housings are the wire
connectors for accommodating wires or cables and the wire-lock apertures
for locking the wires.

[0004] Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional wire connector housing, in
which the wire connection housing 1 comprises a plurality of wire
connector holes 11 and a plurality of wire-lock apertures 13
corresponding to the number of the wire connector holes 11. The wire-lock
apertures 13 are provided on the top portion of the wire connector
housing 1, and a plurality of screws are provided in the wire-lock
apertures 13 to lock the wires. Position openings 15 are provided at the
top portion of the wire connector housing 1 for positioning the wire
connector housing 1. The wire connector housing 1 is fixedly positioned
in the applications, such as the telecommunication equipment via the
screws. When the wire connector housing 1 is installed in the
telecommunication equipment, the external electrical power cable and the
internal electrical power cable of the telecommunication equipment are
connected in the wire connector holes 11 of the wire connector housing 1.
The screws are used to lock the electrical power cables via the wire-lock
apertures 13. The wire-lock apertures 13 and the position openings 15 are
exposed on the top surface of the wire connector housing 1 for the
technician to fitting the wires/cables into the wire connector housing 1.
Safety becomes an issue in the conventional wire connector housing 1 as
it can easily cause electrical shock from the electrical leakage through
the holes/apertures to the user or the technician who installs or works
on the wire connector housing 1. Therefore, there is a need for an
electrical protection for the wire connector housing, that will be easily
to install and will shield the wires/cables holes or will remind the user
to switch off the electrical power before directly in contact with the
wire connector housing in order to prevent the electrical shock.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] In view of the aforesaid drawbacks of the prior art, it is an
objective of the present invention to provide an electrical protection
designed to shield the wire-lock apertures on the top surface of the wire
connector housing.

[0006] Another objective of the present invention is to provide an
electrical protection mounting onto a wire connector housing for
reminding the user or the technician to take safety precaution.

[0007] To achieve the above and other objectives, the present invention
provides an electrical protection for assembling onto a wire connector
housing, wherein the wire connector housing comprises a fixed hole and a
plurality of wire-lock apertures exposed on a top surface of the wire
connector housing, and the electrical protection comprises an insulating
body for covering the exposed wire-locked apertures, and an insulating
protrusion provided at a bottom part of the insulating body is utilized
for fitting into the fixed hole of the wire connector housing.

[0008] The shape and size of the insulating body are not limited to the
disclosures in the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the
insulating body of the electrical protection is designed and constructed
to match the shape and size of the top surface of any type of wire
connector housing. Therefore, the shape and size of the insulating body
of the present invention is not limited to any particular shape or size.
The insulating body of the present invention provides a warning label
which can be embossed, impressed, craved or etched, on its top surface
area. Sticker label can also be used as the warning label. Thus, the
warning label provided on the top surface of the insulating body is not
restricted to any specific fabrication method.

[0009] Unlike the prior art, the present invention discloses an electrical
protection that can shield off and insulate the wire-lock apertures of
the wire connector housing to resolve the safety concern of electrical
shock through the direct human contact to the wire-lock apertures exposed
on the top surface of the wire connector housing. Further, the electrical
protection of the present invention provides a warning label on its top
surface that can warn and remind the user or technician to take necessary
safety precaution to prevent electrical shock.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional wire connector
housing;

[0011] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an electrical protection in
accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0012] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of showing how the electrical
protection is installed to a wire connector housing in accordance with
the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0013] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of showing the wire connector housing
with the electrical protection in accordance with the preferred
embodiment of the present invention;

[0014]FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an electrical protection in
accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0015]FIG. 6A is perspective view top of an electrical protection in
accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention;
and

[0016]FIG. 6B is a perspective top view of an electrical protection in
accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT

[0017] The way of implementing the present invention is hereunder
illustrated with a specific embodiment to enable persons skilled in the
art to readily gain insight into the other advantages and effects of the
present invention with references made to the disclosure contained in the
specification.

[0018] Referring to FIG. 2 through FIG. 4, there are perspective views of
assembling a wire connector housing with an electrical protection in
accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIGS. 2-4, an electrical protection 2 is installed in a wire
connector housing 1, wherein the wire connector housing 1 comprises a
plurality of fixed holes 15 and wire-lock apertures 13 exposed on a top
surface of the wire connector housing 1 as shown in FIG. 3. A plurality
of wire connector holes 11 which are corresponding to the number of the
wire-lock apertures 13 are provided in the wire connector housing 1. The
structure of the wire connector housing 1 is not limited to those
described in the embodiments of the present invention. The electrical
protection 2 of the present invention can be designed differently in
according to the various structures of the wire connector housings 1.
Therefore, the disclose features of the wire connector housings 1 in the
preferred embodiments are merely for illustration, and are not intended
to restrict the interpretation of the claim scope of the present
invention. The electrical protection 2 comprises an insulating body 21
and an insulating protrusion 22, wherein the insulating body 21 is
utilized to cover all the wire-lock apertures 13 on the top surface of
the wire connecting housing 1, and the insulating protrusion 22 is used
to fit into the fixed hole 15.

[0019] According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the
wire connector housing 1 comprises two fixed holes 15, and the electrical
protection 2 provides two corresponding insulating protrusions 22 at its
bottom part to fit into the fixed holes 15 of the wire connector housing
1. The number of the insulating protrusions 22 is not limited to two only
as it can be varied according to the amount of the fixed holes 15 on the
wire connector housing 1, either one, or two or many. The insulating body
21 and the insulating protrusions 22 of the electrical protection 2 can
be fabricated and shaped in one piece during the integral molding
process. The insulating body 21 and the insulating protrusions 22 (either
one or two or a plurality of protrusion(s)) at the bottom part of the
electrical protection 2.

[0020] Refer to FIG. 2, the insulating protrusions 22 in accordance with
the preferred embodiment of the present invention are designed into
circular-shaped rod with corn-shaped ends 221 in such that the smaller
circular cross-sectional area of the corn-shaped ends 221 can be fitted
into the fixed holes 15 firstly to increase the efficiency of the
installation between the electrical protection 2 and the wire connector
housing 1.

[0021]FIG. 5 shows another structural design of electrical protection in
accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The insulating protrusions 23 are designed and constructed into regular
polygon shapes, such as square-shaped legs, triangle-shaped legs or
pentagon-shaped legs, with corn-shaped ends 231, which comprise square
cross-sectional areas to improve the convenience of the installation.

[0022] The insulating body 21 is made from an insulating material, such
as, rubber, polyethylene, or cork material, and its shape is designed and
constructed to match to the shape of the top surface of the wire
connector housing 1. FIGS. 3-4 show that the insulating body 21 is
designed to correspond to the shape of the top surface of the
wire-connector housing 1, which is square-shaped, so that the wire-lock
apertures 13 on the top surface of the wire-connector housing 1 can be
properly covered by the square-shaped insulating body 21 in order to
prevent the electrical shock from occurring through the human contact to
the wire connector housing 1.

[0023] FIGS. 6A-6B are illustrated another structural design of an
electrical protection in accordance with another preferred embodiment of
the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 3, 6A and 6B, the insulating
body 21 of the electrical protection 2 is designed with a warning label
24 & 25, wherein the warning label 24, 25 is embossed with raised letters
or impressed/etched with carved-in letters on its top surface area of the
insulating body 21 to ensure that the user or the technician who works on
the wire connector housing 1 will be warned and reminded to switch off
the electrical power before touching the wire-lock apertures 13 of the
wire connector housing 1 so that the electrical shock can be prevented.

[0024] The electrical protection 2 of the present invention utilizes its
insulating body 21 to cover and insulate the wire-lock apertures 13 of
the wire connector housing 1 in order to prevent the electrical shock
from occurring to the user/technician. The embossed warning label 24, 25
on the top area of the insulating body 21 can warn and advice the
technician or the user to take safety precaution by switching off the
electrical power before working on the wire connector housing 1.

[0025] The foregoing embodiment is provided to illustrate and disclose the
features and functions of the present invention and is not intended to be
restrictive of the scope of the present invention. It should be
understood by those in the art that many equivalent modifications and
variations can be made to the aforesaid embodiment according to the
spirit and principle in the disclosure of the present invention and still
fall within the scope of the present invention as set forth in the
appended claims.